A convicted batterer put a knife to a 20-year-old woman's throat when she wouldn't tell him where the Edgewater woman he was looking for had gone, a deputy said.

KATIE KUSTURASTAFF WRITER

An Oak Hill man with a history of violence put a knife to a 20-year-old woman's throat when she wouldn't tell him where the Edgewater woman he was looking for had gone, a deputy said.

Shelbie Jarman was walking to a residence Tuesday evening in the 100 block of West Loop near Oak Hill when Tammy Vanderhoeven, 31, approached her and said Jeffrey Self, 30, who lives on the same block, was “crazy and she could not handle it any further,” according to a Volusia County sheriff's report. Vanderhoeven asked the young woman not to tell Self she was going home for the evening if she saw him.

As Jarman continued walking, Self approached her and asked where Vanderhoeven was, and when Jarman said “don't worry about it,” he grabbed her neck with both hands and demanded she tell him, according to the report. Self then pulled out a knife and held it to Jarman's neck, again demanding she tell him the woman's location.

A neighbor told Self to let Jarman go, and she was able to get away, according to the report. The responding deputy determined Self was the aggressor and found he had two prior battery convictions -- one in June 2002 and one in August 2007.

Self was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail where he is being held on $10,000 bail, court records show.